Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: “McGuire has interviewed for a number of GM jobs (Minny, TB). He has good support from the Commissioner’s office”

Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: “Tallon told me, prior to Bylsma being let go, that he was ready to push into the 2nd round of coaching interviews next week” … “Tallon was down to a group of 6 and Ron Wilson is included in that list.” … “but when you have a guy the quality of Bylsma pop loose everybody is going to look at what they’ve got, certainly Fla, Van & Car”

Hope Smoke: Bob McKenzie: “Some people are going to say that Bylsma becomes a top candidate for Van but I don’t think that’s 100% the case”

Harvey Fialkov: Source saying the Panthers have reached out to Dan Bylsma.

Harvey Fialkov: Hearing that Panthers assistant coach John Madden is a long-shot, but still in the picture. George Richards: Tallon said that Maddon would remain as an assistant and the new coach would bring in the other assistant.

George Richards: Panthers GM Dale Tallon said that he’s interviewed 12 candidates, hasn’t spoken with Bylsma as of yet (8:11 PM last night) … He hopes to talk to Bylsma soon “to see what his interest level is.”

Hope Smoke: Nick Kypreos: “If you connect the dots, Willie Desjardins and the Canucks are a logical choice here”